§ 112.26. VERIFICATION OF ALARM; REQUIRED RESPONSE TO ALARM; ALARM USER RESPONSIBILITY; ALARM MALFUNCTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION.

(A)

All residential or commercial intrusion and burglary alarms that have a central monitor shall have a central monitoring verification call made to the premises generating the alarm signal, prior to alarm monitor personnel contacting the Police Department for alarm dispatch. This verification requirement does not apply to fire alarms. Failure to verify alarm activations before requesting a dispatch shall result in the assessment of the alarm monitoring company of a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each occurrence and/or an assessment of the alarm user of a civil penalty of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for each occurrence.

(B)

A response to an alarm activation shall result when any officer or member of the police or Fire Department shall be dispatched to the premises where the alarm has been activated or learns of the activation of the alarm system(s), by any means whatsoever, and responds thereto by traveling to that premises.

(C)

After responding to an alarm activation, the enforcement official may notify any person identified in the alarm registration application pursuant to Section 112.20 of the activation of the alarm system and such person shall thereupon travel to the premises to ascertain the status thereof. Should the person notified fail to appear at said premises within thirty (30) minutes after being notified to do so, the City shall charge the alarm user a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The officer or member of the Police Department or Fire Department who responded to said premises shall serve the alarm user or authorized representative with an "Alarm Activation Report." If no representative is present, the Alarm Activation Report shall be left at the premises.

(D)

In the event of an alarm activation deemed by the enforcement official to be an alarm malfunction, the alarm user or authorized representative will be served an "Alarm Activation Report" indicating that the activation was deemed to be the result of a mechanical failure, malfunction, improper installation or improper maintenance, and requiring the alarm user or authorized representative to return a completed "Affidavit of Service/Repair" within thirty (30) days of said alarm activation which can verify to the satisfaction of the enforcement official that the alarm system in question has been examined by an alarm contractor licensed in the State of Florida and that a bona fide attempt has been made to identify and correct any defect of design, installation or operation of the alarm system which was identifiable as the cause of the nuisance alarm. Failure to return an "Affidavit of Service/Repair" within said thirty day (30) period which is satisfactory to the enforcement official shall result in a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or enforcement action in the event of a required fire alarm system per F.S. Section 633.025(3).

(Ord. No. 1-95, passed 1/17/95; Ord. No. 76-04, § 2, passed 1/4/05; Ord. No. 44-10, § 6, passed 1/4/11)